Lali Puna

Following the 1998 breakup of her previous band, the Munich-based L.B. Web page, Korea-born vocalist Valerie Trebeljahr created the experimental electro-pop group Lali Puna. Although Lali Puna was designed to be a single project, it required on the membership that, through the entire years, included the participation of Markus Acher (the Notwist, Tied + Tickled Trio), Florian Zimmer, Christian Heiss, and Christoff Brandner (also of Tied + Tickled Trio). The group’s 1st release, “The Safe and sound Part,” was an individual released on Belgium’s (K-RAA-K)³ in 1998, backed later that yr by a overall performance in the Jimmy Gimme Even more event in Munchen, Germany. Another short-form launch, “Snooze,” along with the full-length Tridecorder — the second option showing up on Berlin’s Morr Music label — had been released in 1999. Scary Globe Theory (2001) as well as the amazingly guitar-driven Faking the Books (2004) cemented the group’s position as Morr Music’s flagship action. I Thought I USED TO BE Over That, a double-disc compilation of stray monitors and remixes, premiered in 2005, however the 4th correct Lali Puna record, Our Inventions, didn’t surface area until 2010.